I am grinding experience in another world - Chapter 812 - 800: Life and Death Seal
“Daoist Monarch didn’t forbid leaving Miling Island, right? Where did you get so many monster corpses?” Chen Mu was puzzled.
“They’re right here on the island,” Wu Jie explained.
Could there have been some that slipped through the net?
In the past, every time the Flying Island was attacked, it was always a massacre, but this time…
“We have indeed eradicated the island’s monsters before, but Miling Island is quite unique; every now and then new monsters emerge, very peculiar,” Wu Jie also wasn’t sure.
“People suspect it might be related to the island itself,” Wu Jie whispered mysteriously, gesturing towards the center of the Flying Island with his chin.
Chen Mu nodded knowingly.
It’s not surprising that Miling Island would allow Daoist Monarch Jiang to feature on the Investiture of the Gods; there must be something special about it.
Perhaps the island itself can produce monsters.
…
Wu Jie left.
Chen Mu took a Mustard Seed Talisman from the wooden box and pierced it with mana like a probe.
Poof!
A humanoid monster, around four to five meters tall, fell out from the Mustard Seed Talisman.
Its arms were unusually long, and its body slender, resembling a stick insect.
Its entire body was hairless, and its skin was a pale gray.
It was nearly decapitated by a sharp blade, with only a thin strip of flesh connecting its neck to its bare head.
Besides a mouth full of sharp teeth, it had no nose or eyes.
The blood nearby its wounds had congealed into a shimmering blue, surprisingly still able to emit a faint glow and retain some weak vitality even after all this time.
On its back were a pair of half-meter-long translucent black wings, which seemed almost useless compared to its four to five-meter height, more like decorative items.
“It looks really ugly,” Chen Mu muttered.
After observing it for a few moments and finding nothing special, he habitually summoned the Giant Spirit Divine and used the Plague Immortal Technique to remove the demon poison.
Upon feeling the weak life rhythm belonging to the demon poison, he suddenly realized something was amiss.
“The Five Directions Flag covers Miling Island, stopping demon qi outside, yet how do these newborn monsters still contain demon poison?”
“Isn’t demon poison spread solely through demon qi?”
Chen Mu speculated internally.
If a single Five Elements Flag could completely resolve the demon poison, Mistaken Syndrome wouldn’t happen.
It’s only logical that there are other modes of transmission.
Chen Mu shook his head and stopped pondering, opening the Mustard Seed Talismans one by one from the wooden box, removing demon poison from the monster corpses, and sending them into the Bottomless Pool.
He noticed that even though these monsters were peculiarly ugly, they all had a pair of rather beautiful transparent wings.
This reminded him of the strange little person he burned to death with the Seven Emotions Flame, who also possessed a pair of transparent wings.
“So that handsome little person was the genuine monster of Miling Island, and these ones are failed products?”
“Hah!”
“This could really be the case.”
If they hadn’t occupied Miling Island, perhaps in some time, a batch of new beautiful little people would emerge, reclaiming Miling Island.
…
That day.
Chen Mu lay, as usual, soaking up the sun at the entrance of the Green Jade Immortal Residence.
In front of him floated a translucent gray shadow of a stone gate.
The stone gate was tall and broad, resembling a wall. Only by moving the view afar could one realize it was a grand stone gate.
Unfortunately, while its sides could be seen, its top was still obscured by clouds, the upper edge unreachable.
“Previously, forming the Daoist Foundation allowed the view of the stone gate to expand and see the boundaries at its sides.”
“Now, having formed the Spiritual Treasure and surpassing the Sixth Level as a Qi Cultivator, the stone gate shows no reaction..”
“Is it because my own realm hasn’t fundamentally elevated?” Chen Mu guessed.
Since arriving in this world, the gray stone gate had always accompanied him.
Every change seemed to occur only after he underwent a fundamental transformation.
“The next change likely requires me to form the Primordial Spirit.”
After a few glances, Chen Mu drew the stone gate closer to examine the various secret techniques on it.
As he looked, he noticed something peculiar.
“Does the Seven Emotions Curse have this much experience?” Chen Mu frowned, tightly focusing on one section.
Seven Emotions Curse: 9012/10000/Second Rank;
He had reservations about refining others’ Seven Emotions through the Heavenly Demon Dao Heart, hence never practiced the Seven Emotions Curse voluntarily, only using it to check others’ emotions as an auxiliary inspection Secret Technique.
Yet now, it was almost about to level up, which was clearly odd.
Chen Mu stared at the gray stone gate, carefully reviewing its feedback.
During this moment, he noticed that the Seven Emotions had inexplicably increased by one point in experience!
Could this Secret Technique actually self-cultivate?
Chen Mu observed the gray stone gate again, noticing that besides the Seven Emotions Curse, the Mustard Seed Spell’s experience was also off.
Mustard Seed Spell: 8216/10000/Second Rank;
“The experience has noticeably risen significantly compared to before.”
“Surely I’ve done something to provoke these reactions from the two secret techniques.”
The origin of the stone gate is mysterious, containing various Daoist resonances and truths. But to extract these insights required Chen Mu to proceed step by step in his cultivation. There was never an instance of being served directly.
Reflecting on recent experiences and combining the feedback from the two secret techniques, it wasn’t long before he pinpointed the source of this change.
Life and Death Seal!
Thousand Lanterns City!
Immediately, Chen Mu immersed his spirit into Thousand Lanterns City.
At this moment, the Life and Death Seal from the Spiritual Treasure Pivot Scripture was embedded in the great eye within Thousand Lanterns City.
After forming the Yellow Springs Gourd, the Life and Death Seal held little use, so Chen Mu placed it in the great eye of Thousand Lanterns City.
This allowed him easier control over the city gates, facilitating the seamless absorption and storage of demon qi within.
Unexpectedly, it produced unforeseen consequences.
Feeling the sea of talismans within the great eye of Thousand Lanterns City akin to stars in the sky, Chen Mu intuitively grasped something.
“The Life and Death Seal is a special imprint formed through the Perfect Spiritual Treasure Core Method, belonging to my essence.”
“With it resting in the core eye of Thousand Lanterns City, continuously observing the grotto heaven’s core is equivalent to me contemplating the mysteries of Thousand Lanterns City, hence the stone gate’s feedback!”
Chen Mu comprehended the reason for this change.
However…
“I understand the increase in experience for the Mustard Seed Spell; with the grotto heaven within Thousand Lanterns City, it’s inevitable given the miniature marvels of a thousand-mile courtyard within a pouch.”
“But why does the Heavenly Demon Dao Seven Emotions Curse also elevate?”
“Could it be due to the Cloud Mirage Heavenly Demon body containing heavenly demon lineage inherently?”
Chen Mu recalled the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed, the Seven Emotions Flame woven around the Yin Spirit Divine Fetus.
These are all innate Divine Skills from the awakening of the Cloud Mirage Sky Demon Body.
“The Life and Death Seal was cultivated with the Heavenly Demon Body, and using the Life and Death Seal would stimulate the heavenly demon lineage within, hence concurrently boosting the Seven Emotions Curse?”
Chen Mu smirked, speculating that this might indeed be the case.
“If improvement is happening, let it be; fearing contamination of the Spiritual Deity, I simply won’t actively refine others’ Seven Emotions.”
He quickly adjusted to it.
If experience could rise without deliberate cultivation, Chen Mu certainly wouldn’t refuse such fortuitousness.
“Hmm, it would be great if other secret techniques could also self-upgrade this way.” Chen Mu continued to happily gaze upon the stone gate for a while longer, then shifted his focus to another secret technique.
Plague Immortal Technique: 5537/10000/Seventh Rank;
“Having been idle for so long, it’s time to pick a secret technique to work on the experience value.”
“With Mistaken Heavenly Demon Poison everywhere, who knows when I’ll get hit.”
“This Plague Immortal Technique can remove demon poison; practicing it more certainly makes sense.”
